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Is pre-eclampsia / eclampsia a risk factor for non-infective uveitis?

1 April 2019 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
This population based retrospective matched cohort study was the first of its kind to suggest an association between preeclampsia / eclampsia (PEE) and non-infective uveitis (NIU). They used the Longitudinal National Health Insurance database in Taiwan to assess 2073 post-delivery...

Cystoid macular oedema following retinal detachment surgery

5 April 2022 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive | Cystoid macular edema, rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, vitreoretinal surgery
There are limited studies examining the incidence and risk factors for postoperative cystoid macular oedema (CMO) following rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) repair. Postoperative CMO is thought to be due to pro-inflammatory state, where numerous cytokines lead to tight junction dysfunction,...

Biomechanical stabilisation of ocular measurements post cataract surgery

1 December 2017 | | EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Orbit
This prospective study looks into the time duration of biomechanical stabilisation post uneventful cataract surgery in a case series of 62 consecutive eyes in patients with no ocular or systemic comorbidity. The patients were followed-up at fixed intervals of one...

Surgery for lost inferior rectus muscle

1 August 2019 | | EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus
This prospective study evaluated the impact of simultaneous ipsilateral superior rectus (SR) recession and superior rectus (IO) anterior transposition on the primary position alignment in six patients with traumatic loss of the inferior rectus (IR) muscle. Five males and one...

OSA welcomes new 100% Optical owners

11 November 2024 | 100%, optical, meetings, conferences, events, 2025, opticians, optometry
The OSA has welcomed the new owners of 100% Optical, and looks forward to working with CLOSER STILL, following Media 10’s sale of the largest UK optical event. Roy Stoner, OSA Chair, expressed the view of the OSA Board: “CLOSER...

Epiretinal membranes in uveitic macular oedema

1 August 2014 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Epiretinal membrane (ERM) formation in uveitic macular oedema is a fairly common structural complication of the retina. The authors describe a retrospective case series of 104 eyes of 77 patients with uveitic macular oedema from a tertiary centre. The treatment...

Preventing refractive surprises by real time biometry during cataract surgery

1 October 2015 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - General, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
A few months ago a retired lady presented for second eye cataract surgery. I noted on the pre-op ward round that the outcome of her first eye’s surgery looked like a refractive surprise as her spherical equivalent in that eye...

A closed angle seldom comes alone

1 June 2017 | | EYE - Glaucoma
Case report An 89-year-old lady with dementia was referred to me out of hours by her GP with a few days history of an angry looking left eye for suspected elevated intraocular pressure (IOP). I discovered that this lady first...

Pituitary tumours: why are they so often missed?

1 April 2017 | | EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
Part 1: Introduction, historical background and Edinburgh connections (see also Part 2 and Part 3) Is there any ophthalmologist who has not missed a pituitary tumour? Hopefully this article will help those currently in practice to avoid such an embarrassment,...

Evolving towards an interventional glaucoma mindset

2 February 2024 | | EYE - Glaucoma
Traditionally, a newly diagnosed glaucoma patient would be treated first with medical therapy. As the disease progressed or the initial intervention failed to adequately control intraocular pressure (IOP), clinicians would add more drops, selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT), repeated SLT and...

The treachery of images – making sense of OCT imaging

1 June 2016 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - Imaging
In 1929 Belgian surrealist Rene Magritte produced his painting La Trahison des Images. It depicted an old fashioned pipe for smoking tobacco and underneath were the words “ceci n’est pas une pipe”, this is not a pipe. You may wonder...

Heidelberg Engineering joins the Collaborative Community on Ophthalmic Innovation (CCOI) through EssilorLuxottica’s Vision Architect membership

26 January 2026 | Contracts & Distributors, Company Profiles
Heidelberg Engineering announced that it is joining the Collaborative Community on Ophthalmic Innovation (CCOI) as part of its parent company EssilorLuxottica’s Vision Architect membership – CCOI’s highest level of industry participation. CCOI is a public–private forum that convenes patients, clinicians,...